Headlines from Secrecy News

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Journal: Incoherence of US Government Continues…

(COMMENT:  The drumbeat to screw retirees continues…) Tacoma News Tribune August 14, 2010 Pg. 14 Military Update Higher Health Premiums On Gates’ Cost-Cutting Agenda By Tom Philpott Defense Secretary Robert Gates has signaled that the department’s fiscal 2012 budget request to be sent to Congress early next year will include recommendations to raise TRICARE premiums …

Who’s Who in Earth Intelligence: Dr. Kent C. Myers

KENT C. MYERS is a strategic management consultant to the U.S. government. He has worked with many intelligence, military, and other federal clients. He has a Ph.D. in Social Systems Sciences, Wharton School. Research interests include resilience strategy, inter-organizational networks and alignment, and environmental scanning. Since 2006 he has conducted varied strategy and research tasks …

Twitter & SMS Used to Help Election in Kenya

How Twitter saved Kenya’s election Thu Aug 5, 2010 New York – Once again, social media has played a central role in a national election. During Kenya’s recent ballot initiative to adopt a new constitution, citizens used Twitter, along with Facebook and a new breed of monitoring technology, to help eliminate the voter intimidation, bombings, and deadly …

The 19 most influential cybersecurity organizations in the world (GAO)

The Government Accountability Office identified 19 global organizations “whose international activities significantly influence the security and governance of cyberspace.” The organizations range from information-sharing forums that are non-decision-making gatherings of experts to private organizations to treaty-based, decision-making bodies founded by countries. The groups address a variety of topics from incident response,  the development of technical …

Who is Aware, Talking, & Testing Receipts for Bisphenol-A, not just Food & Beverages?

Paper receipts also seen as source of BPA exposure July 27, 2010 By LYNDSEY LAYTON. The Washington Post WASHINGTON – As lawmakers and health experts wrestle over whether a controversial chemical, bisphenol-A, should be banned from food and beverage containers, a new analysis by an environmental group suggests Americans are being exposed to BPA through …